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Vatican officials reject nuncio’s ‘corruption’ charge
Sunday, 5 February 2012Statement makes unusually public rebuke of a high-ranking colleague
Benedict XVI performed exorcism in St Peter’s Square, claims priest
Friday, 3 February 2012
Exorcist Fr Gabriele Amorth claims that papal blessing released two men from possession
Welsh leaders oppose ‘presumed consent’ for organ donations
Friday, 3 February 2012
Church leaders in Wales have criticised government plans to introduce presumed consent for organ donation.
Bishops who mishandle abuse must be accountable, says Vatican official
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Mgr Scicluna says existing canon law should be used to punish Church leaders who are negligent
Benedict XVI: Do not be indifferent to the fate of others
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
In his Lenten message the Pope warns against ‘spiritual anaesthesia’ which numbs people to suffering
Abuse victim tells bishops of her suffering
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
In her address Marie Collins calls for stronger penalties for bishops and other Church leaders who cover up abuse
Catholic MP: thousands of Christians may be killed if Assad regime falls
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Edward Leigh says that Christians have found an ‘oasis of relative calm’ under the ‘nasty’ regime
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SSPX leaders have rejected Vatican statement, says superior
Wednesday, 2 November 2011Newsletter from district superior of Britain says Vatican doctrinal preamble has been deemed ‘completely unacceptable’
England to welcome the heart of Curé d’Ars
Wednesday, 2 November 2011The heart of the patron saint of priests, St John Vianney, will be venerated in the Diocese of Shrewsbury next summer
Ban on British monarch marrying a Catholic to be lifted
Monday, 31 October 2011The 300-year-old Act of Settlement is to be reformed following the unanimous agreement of 16 Commonwealth nations
Vatican calls for global government to oversee markets
Friday, 28 October 2011Vatican department says only a global government can rein in the ‘equalities and distortions of capitalist development’
Pope at Assisi: People still seeking faith are ‘pilgrims of truth’ too
Thursday, 27 October 2011Benedict XVI tells 300 religious leaders that believers must ‘purify their faith’ to help peace
Pope prays that Assisi moves world towards peace
Wednesday, 26 October 2011Benedict XVI says he hopes the meeting will promote dialogue in a world ‘still torn by hatred’
Vatican: Gaddafi’s death marks end of ‘harsh and oppressive regime’
Friday, 21 October 2011Vatican expresses hope that new Libyan government begins new era based on justice and a ‘spirit of inclusion’
Bishop Roche presents new Missal to the Pope
Thursday, 20 October 2011The Bishop of Leeds told Pope Benedict XVI that the new translation had gone down well in parishes
Widdecombe tells Cameron: Christians deserve same protection as gay people
Thursday, 20 October 2011Ann Widdecombe is to accuse Government of double standards over persecution of Christians and gay people abroad
Pope: God’s eternal love turns despair into hope
Wednesday, 19 October 2011Remembering all of God’s gifts to humanity ‘opens up the path of light amid darkness’, says Benedict XVI
Comment & Blogs
Today's Catholic must-reads: 08/02/12
By Luke Coppen
Dickens is disappointingly thin - give me AN Wilson anytime
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
If a woman is a priest, she can also be a bishop: if she’s not, she can’t. Either way, there is now only one way out for Catholic Anglicans: it’s over the Tiber
By William Oddie
More than any monarch, Queen Elizabeth II understands the spiritual element of her coronation oath
By Francis Phillips
Despite reports of violence, I feel totally safe walking around Mexico
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Morning Catholic must-reads: 07/02/12
By Luke Coppen
Is the ‘anthropogenic global warming’ consensus on the point of collapse? If so, this is just the right time for Chris Huhne to leave the Government
By William Oddie
Smacking laws are unworkable products of Left-wing middle class diktat
By Francis Phillips